Q: Is 343,042,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 343,042,304 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 343,042,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 32 43 44 64 86 88 128 172 176 256 344 352 473 688 704 946 1,376 1,408 1,892 2,752 2,816 2,833 3,784 5,504 5,666 7,568 11,008 11,332 15,136 22,664 30,272 31,163 45,328 60,544 62,326 90,656 121,088 121,819 124,652 181,312 243,638 249,304 362,624 487,276 498,608 725,248 974,552 997,216 1,340,009 1,949,104 1,994,432 2,680,018 3,898,208 3,988,864 5,360,036 7,796,416 7,977,728 10,720,072 15,592,832 21,440,144 31,185,664 42,880,288 85,760,576 171,521,152 and 343,042,304, with no remainder.

Since 343,042,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 343,042,304, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).